1649958 - Remove or update probes expiring in Firefox 81: NUMBER_OF_PROFILES

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, task)

Description

[telemetry-probes]

The following Firefox probes will expire in the next major Firefox nightly release: version 81 [1].

NUMBER_OF_PROFILES

What to do about this:

1. If one, some, or all of the metrics are no longer needed, please remove them from their definitions files (Histograms.json, Scalars.yaml, Events.yaml).
2. If one, some, or all of the metrics are still required, please submit a Data Collection Review [2] and patch to extend their expiry. There is a shorter form for data collection renewal [3].

If you have any problems, please ask for help on the #fx-metrics Slack channel or the #telemetry Matrix room at https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#telemetry:mozilla.org. We'll give you a hand.

Your Friendly, Neighborhood Telemetry Team

[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Calendar
[2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Data_Collection
[3] https://github.com/mozilla/data-review/blob/master/renewal_request.md

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Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Romain, do you still want this data?

Comment 2

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

Yes I think it will be useful as a way to compare against results from bug 1647422 in order to better understand share of machines wiping out profiles (my understanding is that this probe gives us a count of active profiles whereas bug 1647422 will give us profiles ever created regardless of whther profiles were manually or automatically deleted.

Comment 3

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

(In reply to Romain Testard [:RT] from comment #2)

Yes I think it will be useful as a way to compare against results from bug 1647422 in order to better understand share of machines wiping out profiles (my understanding is that this probe gives us a count of active profiles whereas bug 1647422 will give us profiles ever created regardless of whther profiles were manually or automatically deleted.

Ok, do you mind filling out https://github.com/mozilla/data-review/blob/master/renewal_request.md and I can go ahead and prepare the patch.

Comment 4

[Romain Testard [:RT]]

Attachment: renewal_request.md

Sure, here it is. Alson asking chutten for a data review now since he helped with the last one.

Comment 5

[Chris H-C :chutten]

Comment on attachment 9162428 [details]
renewal_request.md

    Is the provided Data Collection Review complete, correct, and data-review+ by a Data Steward?

Yes.

    Is the data collection covered by the existing Firefox Privacy Notice?

Yes.

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Result: datareview+

Comment 6

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

Attachment: Bug 1649958: Extend the life of the NUMBER_OF_PROFILES telemetry probe. r=chutten!

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/9fc2c601219a
Extend the life of the NUMBER_OF_PROFILES telemetry probe. r=chutten

Comment 8

[Razvan Maries]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/9fc2c601219a